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This topic may seem a mix of two very different things but I wanted to cover them together because very often they interlock in defensive play and, on the surface, they seem to have taken a huge hit in effectiveness that will drastically alter the way these teams play.īut let’s start with Passing and the Passing/Agility stat split. The clear fundamental impact of this change has been that for all of the former AG4 (now AG2+) teams in the game, and those teams who leaned heavily on AG4 positionals (i.e. Passing and Cage-breaking for Agility teams

We have already heard stories in the BB community about some dubious approaches to take advantage of multi-RR’s per turn – namely lying players down during their defensive drives and saving all their RR’s for an equalising one turn touchdown attempt on T8. Obviously, only a few teams can take advantage of this, but hopefully, this will prove to be an ineffective tactic or it could have serious impacts on the enjoyment and competitive spirit of tournament play. It has been argued by some that multi-RR’s will be a “noob trap” that sees less experienced or skillful coaches waste their rerolls and then find themselves with no safety net at more critical moments later in the game. Certainly one of the great skills in Blood Bowl is the ability to simply accept a mild misfortune in the knowledge that there will be more pivotal moments to come.Ī final note about competitive tournament play. Now all of the above is well and good but rerolls still remain a rare and valuable commodity. Any coach who spends all his rerolls on turn one has a long half ahead of them. In fact, ironically, BB2020 roster and cost changes will mean many teams will struggle to start with the number of RR’s they took for granted in the previous edition of the game.įurthermore, those teams who are vulnerable to having their gameplan ruined by “miracle turns” and one turn touchdowns – and my natural instinct is this means the slower, controlly, bashy teams – may also lose out. Who loses? Well, arguably nobody loses, because every team can, to some degree, take advantage of the tactics and benefits above.īut on the other hand, those teams for whom rerolls are more expensive or less able to acquire them because of their high roster costs will suffer on a relative basis because their opponents will be more able to utilise these benefits. In the latter camp, we have our various Stunty teams who are often able to load up on rerolls because of their cheap positionals. And of course, these teams are also those who might be trying Throw Team Mate scores or crazy risky plays, so it seems we have some synergy here too. All flavours of Elves, Amazons, Dwarves, Skaven, and now also joined by Humans, all have 50k rerolls. Every single one of these teams is likely to be Tier 1 or top of Tier 2 anyway, and now it seems they have something else going for them. Certainly, for our Elves and Skaven, the miracle turn is a fundamental part of the gameplan, so we have a natural synergy here. In the former camp are most of the Tier 1 teams. a Throw Team-mate one turn touchdown or a cage-breaking and pickup attempt)īut of course, there will be an infinite variety of ways in which the ability to both mitigate failures and push for success with even greater confidence impacts the game. So who wins and loses from this change? Well, any team that has relatively cheap rerolls or that can easily build their roster with many rerolls will obviously benefit the most.

Preventing repeated bad luck from prematurely ending your turn (e.g.The two most obvious uses of multiple rerolls in a turn are: Multiple rerolls are here to stay! Despite everyone thinking it was just a mistake on GW’s part, this single small change, missed by almost everyone when the new rules were released, and then confirmed in the errata, is probably going to have a bigger impact on the new edition of Blood Bowl than any of the other changes in the book.

In this article, I’m going to take a look at three areas of the game that have received significant changes in the new edition, and give my thoughts on their tactical impact on the game. It’s been a few months since Blood Bowl Second Season Edition was released and yet, as a result of the pandemic, many people are still only taking their first tentative steps into exploring the new rules. I think it’s fair to say we still don’t really know what the BB2020 tactical meta will look like.